037 Interview with Maggi McDonald and How To License Your Art

This fortnight, we bring you another extra special interview episode with fellow artist Maggi McDonald. Who is a full time abstract painter based in Sydney. Maggi shares with us her journey in becoming an artist starting with going back to design school when her son was in Kindergarten 7 years ago.    Maggi started her art business by painting commissions for family members and sharing what she was working on via Instagram. During her career Maggi has secured many licensing deals and she shares in this interview how she started out printing her work onto products. We talk about some exciting opportunities that she has been presented with along her art journey.    Maggi shares openly about what the catalyst was for her in pursuing art, and how she used painting as a way to heal from trauma and heartache. At this point she decided life was short and that she needed a creative outlet so she enrolled in a surface design course as a mature aged student. Maggi shares an empowering message for women to look after themselves and pursue their own dreams.    We dig into art licensing for visual artists and Maggi shares her wealth of knowledge in this area.She shares about the mutual benefit in collaborating with brands. There is a lot of detail in this episode for listeners who want to get started with licensing. Maggi also runs social media workshops and has some e-books and tools to help artists on her website, please see the podcast links below.  PODCAST LINKS:   Maggi’s Website: https://www.maggimcdonald.com/   Maggi’s New Ebook: https://www.maggimcdonald.com/collections/ebooks/products/300-hashtags-for-artists   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggimcdonaldart/   TIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@maggimcdonaldart FIND US AND FOLLOW US ONLINE!   Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/    Follow Ros on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart   And to book a creative kick-start coaching session with Laura or to find out more about her Soul Medicine Painting workshops please visit: https://laurajaneday.com/   For more information about Ros’ Art For The Heart membership as well as her instant access classes please visit https://www.permissiontopaint.co or to see Ros’ artwork please visit http://www.rosgervayart.com   Book Your Spot in a Painting and Gin Experience with Laura: https://laurajaneday.com/gin-painting   Please help us grow our Podcast by leaving us 5 stars on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts. Here is how!   Catch you in the next episode!